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Name Apollonius, of Perga, mathematician, 200 BC Digitised Content Yes (available) Level [40] File

1. Add MS 7473, ff 164v-172v

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Add MS 7473, ff 164v-172v
Title:
Min kitāb Abūlūnīyūs fī al-ashkāl al-sanaubarīyah من كتاب أبولونيوس في الأشكال الصنوبرية Apollonius of Perga أبولونيوس
Scope & Content:
The title states that this text is an excerpt from an Arabic version of the Conics (Κωνικά; في الأشكال الصنوبية) by Apollonius of Perga (Ἀπολλώνιος; أبولونيوس; fl ca 200 BC). The colophon, however, gives the title of the work as the Book of Burning-Mirrors and Compendium of Conics (كتاب المرايا ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Dhū al-Qa‘dah 639
Extent:

Ff. 164v-172v

2. Add MS 14332, ff 22v-32v

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Add MS 14332, ff 22v-32v
Title:
Qawl lil-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan al-Haytham fī shakl Banī Mūsá قول للحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم في شكل بني موسى Alhazen (Ibn al-Haytham, al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan) ابن الهيثم ,الحسن بن الحسن
Scope & Content:
Treatise by Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham (أبو علي الحسن بن الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم; d. ca 1040) on a proposition from the prolegomena of the Banū Mūsá (بنو موسى, fl. 9th century) to the Conics (Κωνικά; كتاب المخروطات) by Apollonius of Perga (Ἀπολλώνιος; أبلونيوس; fl ca 200 BC)....
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
26 Dec 1834
Extent:

Ff. 22v-32v

3. Add MS 14332, ff 38r-193v

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Add MS 14332, ff 38r-193v
Title:
Kitāb al-makhrūṭāt كتاب المخروطات Apollonius of Perga أبلونيوس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the Conics (Κωνικά; كتاب المخروطات) by Apollonius of Perga (Ἀπολλώνιος; أبلونيوس; fl ca 200 BC). Originally in eight books, only Books 1 to 4 survive in the original Greek; Books 1 to 7 are preserved in Arabic, and are presented here in the edition/translation by Muḥyī al-Dīn Y...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
26 Dec 1834
Extent:

Ff. 38r-193v

4. Add MS 23391, ff 21r-25v

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Add MS 23391, ff 21r-25v
Title:
Ṣan‘at al-zāmir صنعة الزامر Apollonius the carpenter and geometer أبلنيوس النجار الهندسي
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the design and construction of an hydraulic flute playing machine. The treatise is attributed to 'Apollonius the carpenter and geometer (أبلنيوس النجار الهندسي)', who some have identified as the geometer Apollonius of Perga (Ἀπολλώνιος; أبلونيوس; fl ca 200 BC). Begins (f. 21r, lines...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

ff. 21r-25v